spanish football sports Another SPANISH FOOTBALL lazy summer day lack of news story coiming out of England, thats being picked up by some online blogs & finally has landed in Spanish Sports online editions. The latest "tickle" is the reported meeting between ARSENAL FC officials & REAL MADRID over the possibility of landing KARIM BENZEMA over to London.

THE SIMPSONS - Matt Groening - paid tribute to the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM for their FIFA WORLD CUP Title with a cartoon version of the squad. Here are the names the make up the "cartoon" line-up: Casillas, Torres, Puyol, Villa, Sergio Ramos, Piqué, Xavi Hernández, Iniesta, Silva, Xabi Alonso & Cesc Simpson Spain Football Team

P TIMES PG J V E D GM GS SG 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 13 5 4 1 0 10 4 6 2 Southampton 12 5 4 0 1 12 6 6 3 Derby County 12 5 4 0 1 8 3 5 4 Middlesbrough 11 5 3 2 0 10 5 5 5 West Ham United 10 5 3 1 1 11 4 7 6 Crystal Palace 10 5 3 1 1 7 4 3 7 Cardiff City 8 5 2 2 1 7 6 1 8 Blackpool 8 5 2 2 1 6 5 1 9 Peterborough United 7 5 2 1 2 12 8 4 10 Leicester City 7 5 2 1 2 7 8 -1 11 Millwall 6 5 1 3 1 6 5 1 12 Portsmouth 6 5 1 3 1 4 4 0 13 Hull City 6 5 2 0 3 3 6 -3 14 Ipswich Town 6 5 2 0 3 8 14 -6 15 Burnley 5 4 1 2 1 5 6 -1 16 Barnsley 5 5 1 2 2 3 5 -2 17 Bristol City 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -4 18 Nottingham Forest 5 5 1 2 2 4 8 -4 19 Leeds United 4 5 1 1 3 8 9 -1 20 Reading 4 5 1 1 3 5 6 -1 21 Birmingham City 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2 22 Watford 3 5 0 3 2 4 9 -5 23 Coventry City 2 5 0 2 3 2 5 -3 24 Doncaster Rovers 1 5 0 1 4 2 8 -6

Though puzzled by the frequent visual proof that footballers actually buy their groceries themselves (rather than hiring imported servants and/or desperate peasants to do their manual labour), we love seeing footballers doing the groceries.

For example, here's Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov stocking up on H20 and other goodies at Sainsburys in Wilmslow two days ago.

Some Spanish Football media observers claim one of the reasons that Chilean Alexis Sanchez is not yet a Barça player is because young JEFFREN refused to be part of the signing package operation that would have taken him to Italian Club Udinense. The U-21 Spanish International player does have alternative offers & especially from England.

Have been attempting to avoid posting anything about Brazilian 19 year old International & SANTOS star NEYMAR because there is so much transfer/signing bullshit flying around here in Spain about this player that no one knows what to believe. What we do all know is that "the kid" looks like being the next big World Football star & that Chelsea FC offered 35M€ to get him to England but his Club

The "Best Team in The World"? The "Best Football Team of All-Time"? This is the FC BARCELONA starting 11 Team Photo in the 2011 Champions League Final against Manchester United. The same team & 11 players that won the European Cup & the 4th Champions League Title for FC Barcelona in its history. FC BARCELONA Champions 2011 Champions League Team Photo Top:L to R: Abidal, Pedro, Mascherano,

Add Phil Neville to the growing list of 'ballers on holiday buddy system. The Everton man and his wife Julie were spotted on holiday with their kids on the Caribbean beach of Sandy Lane.

Not one to let copious amounts of holiday daiquiris go straight to his hips, Phil has been working on his fitness with fellow holidaymaker Wayne Rooney each morning.

spain football A " visual surf" through the local Spanish Football Sports press this morning brings out this story that originally hit the headlines last Friday & today gets a more detailed analysis. According to Portugues Sports paper "Record" BENFICA defender COENTRAO had a heavy verbal debate with his Coach & stormed off the training session last Thursday.

P TIMES PG J V E D GM GS SG 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 16 6 5 1 0 11 4 7 2 Southampton 15 6 5 0 1 15 8 7 3 Middlesbrough 14 6 4 2 0 12 5 7 4 West Ham United 13 6 4 1 1 15 7 8 5 Derby County 12 6 4 0 2 8 4 4 6 Cardiff City 11 6 3 2 1 9 6 3 7 Blackpool 11 6 3 2 1 8 5 3 8 Crystal Palace 10 6 3 1 2 9 7 2 9 Hull City 9 6 3 0 3 4 6 -2 10 Leicester City 8 6 2 2 2 8 9 -1 11 Peterborough United 7 6 2 1 3 12 9 3 12 Birmingham City 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 1 13 Leeds United 7 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 14 Portsmouth 6 6 1 3 2 7 8 -1 15 Millwall 6 6 1 3 2 6 8 -2 16 Barnsley 6 6 1 3 2 4 6 -2 17 Watford 6 6 1 3 2 6 9 -3 18 Ipswich Town 6 6 2 0 4 8 16 -8 19 Coventry City 5 6 1 2 3 3 5 -2 20 Burnley 5 5 1 2 2 5 8 -3 21 Nottingham Forest 5 6 1 2 3 6 11 -5 22 Bristol City 5 6 1 2 3 4 9 -5 23 Reading 4 6 1 1 4 5 8 -3 24 Doncaster Rovers 1 6 0 1 5 2 10 -8

According to Belgium magazine "Sport Foot Magazine" REAL MADRID player CRISTIANO RONALDO is the Highest Paid Football – Soccer Player in the World. Second placed is Manchester United player WAYNE ROONEY while this years FIFA Golden Ball winner LIONEL MESSI of FC Bareclona is in 3rd place. Cristiano Ronaldo with Real Madrid The full list of Top 50 players are below & the country code

football spain English paper sources like the "Daily Mirror" publish that ASTON VILLA is preparing to "swoop" down on Spanish Football International ADRIAN , recently proclaimed the U-21 European "Golden Boot" & Euro U-21 Champ. The youngster is in limbo at the moment while his Club Deportivo A Coruña recently relegated to 2º Division are in a legal battle with ATLETICO DE MADRID over a

Hi guys, Happy 2011 to all. Seen this piece of news in Spanish Sports daily "As" whom in turn picked it up from Dutch website "footballshirtculture.com", the later specialized in the following news items. The multi-national that sponsors the ATLETICO DE MADRID uniform ( along with Arsenal, FC Barcelona.

So, meine Damen und Herren, heute kümmern wir uns wieder einmal um das Finanzielle und da wir gerade mitten in einer DFB-Pokalrunde stecken, ist das genaue Thema auch schon klar: Wieviel Geld kann man als DFB-Pokaleilnehmer dieser Saison verdienen? DFB-Pokal Prämien 2010/2011 Startprämie: 100.000 € Einzug 2.

New star Chelsea FC signing Spanish International forward FERNANDO TORRES now has a song at his new Club. Yes, Chelsea could not be less than Liverpool & have notched up a song that smell every little bit of it as pure Marketing as the "publicity machine" kicks off to recoup part of the Investment in sponsorships & merchandising.

Check out this well elaborated infograph on the Top 100 earners in World Football 2011. As last reports Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) is top with 12M€ per year in salary, followed by Messi ( FC Barcelona ) with 10.5M€ & third Spanish Football & Chelsea FC forward Fernando Torres with 10M€/year.

Great interview given by Spanish Football International & FC Barcelona midfield ace XAVI HERNANDEZ to English newspaper "The Guardian" which I place here & recommend you click over to have a read below the main picture. FC Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez "I'm a romantic..." I have taken from "The Guardian" Interview ( thanks guys!

Samir (left) and Ibrahim Afellay. The thought police are watching, Kickettes. (Images via facebook & twitpic, )

Regular readers will be aware that the thirst for booze knowledge in the Kickette office knows no bounds. In order to sate this thirst (for your benefit as well as ours, you understand) we force ourselves to venture deeper and deeper into dark, unexplored territories; places where angels fear to tread.

This piece of "dirty" rumour & gossip news comes out of Italy via their Sports paper "La Gazzetta dello Sport", which has been picked up locally by the Spanish Sports press. According to the Italian paper, Real Madrid Coach Mourinho is obsessed with signing INTER MILAN & Brazilian International right back MAICON.

SPANISH FOOTBALL & SPORTS daily newspaper "AS" publish that the arrival of BENFICA & Portuguese International FABIO COENTRAO is an almost done deal. The paper goes on to inform that REAL MADRID is waiting to transfer French midfielder LASS DIARRA & then with the money gained do the operation with Benfica for their player.

You could be forgiven for thinking there is only one English-born player currently turning out for Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS.

Given that the player in question is David Beckham, arguably the most famous footballer of his generation, you can understand why.

But there is another, and it charts another remarkable chapter in the football career of Chris Birchall.

FC BARCELONA presented to media their "new look" uniform for next season 2011-2012. The highlight is the increase in the number of stripes, the new sponsor & that the away uniform will be black FC Barcelona Captain Puyol with new uniform 2011-2012 season Amazes me how the issue of a uniform change can generate so much news & how the fans (naturally) take it on so seriously.

Pardon our interruption of your normal Monday morning routines, but we have an urgent update that we couldn't keep to ourselves: Leo Messi & Antonella Roccuzzo are back together.

Although the relationship status of these two has nagged us for a while, we know what you're thinking: define 'together'.

This SPANISH FOOTBALL transfer story is beginning to stink. Its a "love story" that has hit the wall of reality with full heart wrenching consequences. FC Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez mentioned it the other day ..."Cesc is suffering", reminding me of Romeo yelling his heart out for Juliette. The negotiations between ARSENAL & FC BARCELONA for Spanish Football International CESC FABREGAS are

Apparently our Landon has been D-Town down this week and has worked the Super Bowl party scene like a total and complete champion. Dude's been spotted all over town at everything from the Playboy party to Direct TV's Celebrity Beach Bowl. The shot above was from Pepsi's party (which was, tragically, DJed by Pauly D.

How quickly things change in Football. One day your here the next your there. This with the added incentive of millions & millions of dirty euros (€) & juicy representative commissions makes the "silly transfer season" very entertaining & perfect for any betting system. Even fortune tellers looking into crystal balls can´t figure out how the market will end up.

spanish football sports Watching a popular late night SPANISH FOOTBALL TV programme the other night one of the journalists invited said: ..."the Cesc Fabregas operation isn´t so shut case as it seems". In fact, the journo went further & said ..."It is all taking longer than expected to shut the transfer of Cesc to Barcelona".

spain football SPANISH FOOTBALL has its own Shakespearian play underway with two stories full of drama, changing destiny, backstabbing, betrayal, rumour, lies & human suffering. One is Cesc Fabregas & his endevour to leave Arsenal & get to FC Barcelona, the other which is todays post, SERGIO AGUERO & his desire to leave ATLETICO DE MADRID for rival REAL MADRID.

Oh Cristiano, how we had faith in you, hon. Perhaps in hindsight, it was all wishful thinking about intoxication.

Spotted moving his metallic feet and poorly-tailored jeans down the Marca red carpet last night, CR (plus his manager) was on hand to accept the Pichichi award for being La Liga's highest scorer last season.

Es war das Highlight des gestrigen Sonntagsspiels zwischen dem FC Augsburg und dem FC Bayern München. Kurz vor dem Ende der Partie lief ein Flitzer über den Rasen und schug dabei noch etliche Flik-Flaks. Heute konnte man überall von der Aktion lesen und überall war das Gelächter groß, nur bis jetzt kann immer noch niemand [.

Pato's girlfriend, whom we affectionately love to call 'Babs' for purely shortcut purposes, was in Miami last week to attend Emporio Armani's celebration of Art Basel's 10th anniversary. Thanks to a few paps who we actually don't mind receiving e-mails from, we know that Ms B and the Voronins weren't the only ones occupying the sunshine state recently; Samuel Eto'o & fam spent some time letting their hair down (Georgette let her top down) whilst on vacay in Miami Beach.

Following you will find pictures and fan video taken during the meeting with MLS Commissioner Don Garber. None of the video is professional so bear with us. the video it does give you a little taste of what it was like to be there.
I've seen much criticism out there from fans from other cities concerning the number of fans that showed up to the event.

We have two more teams tonight that go through to the SPANISH CUP semi-finals along with Sevilla Fc whom qualified last night. The SPANISH - Kings - CUP celebrated the 2º leg Qurater Final clashes with the following results & scorers Crusat scores for Almeria in Spanish Cup ALMERIA took a 0 - 1 advantage from the 1ºst leg to DEPORTIVO A CORUÑA & managed to win the 2º leg 2 -3 & thus make Club

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Thought I give readers today a brief run down of the hot rumours & gossip doing the SPANISH FOOTBALL circles at this moment, & that are taking up pages in the local Spanish Sports papers. As habitual, the two Football Clubs that take up most of the talk are FC Barcelona & Real Madrid with both full of "juicy back room" talk & exaggerated assertions.

Oh my dear, how the REAL MADRID - NEYMAR "transfer operation" has complicated itself in the last 10 days. Weeks back the Spanish Football Club - the representative - the player were said to have an agreement. Real Madrid President Perez flew to Paris to meet up with SANTOS President Ribiero & things looked like being shut in matters of hours or days.

Roberta, Claudio and their first born, Davide, at his 20th(doesn't the cake say 2-0?) birthday party in early October. H/T: Calcio Nel Cuore.

Attention all bound-to-be-gorgeous 'baller baby watchers: Claudio Marchisio is bringing another offspring into the world.

So about Mr Marchisio.

Spanish Football media has picked up a news "flash" from English radio programe "Talk Sport" which although maybe just healthy speculation has made ripples down towards the Iberian peninsula. The talk is that English Premier League Club ARSENAL FC has once again put its sights on SEVILLA FC winger & Spanish International JESUS NAVAS.

Dear Miss Berlusconi,

It's not easy for us to say this, but we find your Alexander McQueen skull scarf to be predictably plebeian, even for the Z-list WAGs of the world. We are just not okay with you, the Empress of the Serie A Significant Others Universe and heir to the bunga bunga throne, wearing an accessory motif that we forced into retirement some eight seasons ago.

Lots of SPANISH FOOTBALL news today especially in the REAL MADRID transfers gossip area that I will run down in this post. As informed Real Madrid has signed RCD Espanyol CALLEJON, Borrusia Dortmund midfielder SAHIN & almost has shut Bayern Munich player ANTILTOP who finishes contract. But there have been more movements in other palyer "business" fronts especially on possible exits.